to continue my latest tradition of posted music, i have posted justin vernon's (lover of my soul) rendition of the great bonnie raitt's "i cant make you love me".
the first time i heard this song, i was in elementary school in my aunt's car listening to the soft rock station in atlanta. she was singing along with such emotion. i had no other option but to really listen to the words and understand why my aunt was getting "lost" in a song. she had just ended things with her boyfriend at the time, so it made sense that she got emotional.
as an eleven year old, i immediately felt the words of the song as well. the boy i had a crush on in children's church didn't seem to pay me any attention. to a girl on the brink of adolescence, this was the end of my world. i realized in my aunt's white camry that you just can't make someone like you. i wish i could say that ten + years later, i have started to comprehend that! i guess we always want what we can't have...
"i cant make you love me if you don't. you can't make your heart feel something it won't..."
